PC12 logbook time

[Flyca30]

Hi everyone, simply to have a few different .

[C-GGGQ]

Depends. Is the bond up front? 2 years is a long time, a PPC is only good for 1 (and you're probably only getting a PCC) will your upgrade to captain be within those two years? (and does that come with a second bond?) What kind of hours are you expecting to fly? (a small corporate/ charter at 2-400 a year or a busy charter etc. At 800+?). Is the pay decent?

Pc-12 time seems to be as good as multi these days for the regionals though

[Flyca30]

No it isn’t upfront, the amount is prorated from the initial training/

[C-GGGQ]

Then that actually sounds like a sweet gig. I'd wager that your pc-12 (likely newer model full efis/ glass?) Time probably looked better upon than my equivalent Navajo time (steam, unpressurized, piston) your planes operation is closer to an "airliner" than mine. Especially with 1 year to captain you'll have your ATPL signed off in 2 and be a great candidate to go straight to at least jazz/ porter if not even Sunwing/ Transat/ AC

[rigpiggy]

I never felt comfortable over the rocks, or water in a navajo. I felt less so in the -12"pax only"

[iflyforpie]

A twin engine aircraft gives you twice the chances of having an engine failure.

For a 40 year old clapped out Ho vs a modern PT6 powered aircraft with an extra FCU it’s more like four or five to one.

A Navajo on one engine is probably about as likely to keep you above mountains or make landfall as a PC-12 is on none.

But multi PIC is king. My day VFR Cessna 337 time counted for a lot more than another pilot’s PC-12 time per the customer contract requirements. Go figure.

[shimmydampner]

A twin engine aircraft gives you twice the chances of having an engine failure.

And if an engine failure does happen, what's the probability of maintaining altitude in a twin versus single?